Prevalence of asthma and allergies in 13-14-year-old adolescents from Luanda, Angola.

Arrais, M; Lulua, O; Quifica, F; Rosado-Pinto, J.; Gama, J M R; Taborda-Barata, L

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Prevalence of asthma and allergies in 13-14-year-old adolescents from Luanda, Angola.

Author(s): M Arrais ¹ , O Lulua ¹ , F Quifica ¹ , J Rosado-Pinto ² , J M R Gama ³ , L Taborda-Barata ⁴

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 01 2017

Journal: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

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The few epidemiological studies on asthma and allergic diseases performed in Africa have shown that the prevalence of these diseases is high or increasing. No such studies have been performed in Angola.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis.

Title: The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

ISSN (Electronic): 1815-7920

ISSN (Print): 1027-3719

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 01 2017

Volume: 21

Issue: 6

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[1 ] Military Hospital, Luanda, Angola.

[2 ] Department of Immunoallergology, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon.

[3 ] Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã.

[4 ] Department of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, Cova da Beira Hospital, Covilhã, Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.

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DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.16.0530

PubMed ID: 28482967

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